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White House Hides AI Cyber Framework From Public
The Trump administration has finalized a classified AI cybersecurity oversight framework but is keeping its testing criteria secret, prompting criticism that the voluntary, opaque process advantages l
White House Keeps AI Evaluation Framework Secret
The White House is keeping its new voluntary AI model evaluation framework secret, sharing details only with participating companies including Meta, Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, and Nvidia, w
SpaceX bought $329M in Tesla Megapacks this year
SpaceX disclosed $295 million in Q2 Tesla Megapack purchases, bringing its 2025 total to $329 million and underscoring how Musk's companies are funneling hardware to each other to power xAI's data cen
AMD Data Center Revenue Doubles to $6.7B as Gaming Falls 31%
AMD's data center revenue more than doubled year-over-year to $6.7 billion, driven by AI demand, while gaming revenue fell 31% to $779 million due to component shortages and rising prices.
Anthropic Signs $10B Cloud Deal With AI Startup Volta
Anthropic has reportedly signed a $10 billion, six-year cloud compute deal with AI startup Volta, which will build a 133-megawatt Nvidia-powered data center in Norway with crypto-mining firm Bitdeer.
Nvidia doesn’t mess around: A week after open AI industry group formed, it’s already showing progress
Nvidia-spearheaded Open Secure AI Alliance has grown to 120+ companies in one week, launching a working group with open cybersecurity proposals at Black Hat while OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic remain
OpenAI Influencer Trip Triggers Backlash Over AI Fears
OpenAI hosted its first influencer 'brand trip' outside New York City, where creators posted about luxury accommodations and free merchandise — only to face a wave of backlash over AI's environmental
Hank Green Steps Back, Calls AI Use 'Not Healthy'
Hank Green's 'not healthy' AI confession spotlights a vast, under-examined middle ground of compulsive LLM reliance between casual use and psychiatric crisis — a pattern chatbots may be engineered to
Waymo Drops Dallas Robotaxi Waitlist
Waymo has eliminated its waitlist in Dallas, making its robotaxi service available to anyone who downloads the app as the Alphabet-owned company scales its self-driving technology across more US and i
OpenAI Fires Back at Apple, Posts Internal Chats
OpenAI fired back at Apple's trade secrets lawsuit with a public blog post that disputes pre-lawsuit communications and rejects allegations that ex-Apple employees misused confidential information at
Bitdeer signs $4.7B AI data center lease in Norway
Bitcoin miner Bitdeer has signed a 16-year, up-to-$4.7 billion lease to provide 121 megawatts of AI computing capacity at its Tydal, Norway data center to a subsidiary of Volta Infra, which Bloomberg
Texas Orders Audits of All New Data Centers
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered mandatory audits of all new data center projects, citing a grid interconnection queue that has more than doubled to 474 gigawatts in six months — about 90% from
Nvidia opens Alpamayo 2 Super to commercial AV use
Nvidia opened its Alpamayo 2 Super reasoning model to commercial use for robotaxis and autonomous vehicles under the OpenMDW-1.1 license, targeting rare long-tail driving scenarios that conventional t
Waymo CEO: Camera-only self-driving hits safety wall
Waymo's co-CEO laid out a technical argument that camera-only systems hit a safety ceiling, making full autonomy unattainable without lidar and radar, directly challenging Tesla’s sensor strategy.
Musk Spends Half Tesla Calls Pitching AI Over Cars
A TechCrunch and Hudson Labs analysis of seven years of Tesla earnings calls shows Musk now devotes nearly 50% of his speaking time to AI, robotaxis, and Optimus — up from 15-20% in 2022 — even though
TechCrunch Opens Side Event Apps for Boston Summit
TechCrunch is accepting applications to host free Side Events during Founder Summit Week in Boston (November 1–7), bracketing its November 4 Founder Summit 2026 expected to draw 1,100+ founders, inves
World Bank: AI to Boost Poor Economies More Than It Costs
A World Bank report concludes that developing economies stand to gain more from AI boosting worker productivity than they will lose from AI-driven job displacement, with poorer-country workers more li
Apple Seeks Injunction Against OpenAI Over Trade Secrets
Apple is escalating its trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI, seeking a preliminary injunction to halt work on an AI device and alleging that more than a dozen former employees beyond the two original
Fake Adobe and Zoom Updates Deploy ScreenConnect RAT
Securonix researchers disclosed an ongoing multi-wave campaign called SMOKE#SCREEN that uses fake Adobe and Zoom software update lures to stealthily deploy ConnectWise ScreenConnect, granting attacker
NASA puts Crew-13's launch-pad escape in the hands of the 11-times-recalled Cybertruck - TechSpot
TechSpot reports NASA has assigned SpaceX Crew-13's launch-pad emergency escape to Tesla Cybertrucks — a vehicle recalled 11 times — while NASA's own coverage and local outlets frame the September mis
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